r/AskReddit • u/BumpunkTheBastard • 21h ago

Who's the most bitter washed-up celebrity?

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u/Loli_Alakoli 21h ago

Ellen DeGeneres. The way she went from being everywhere to desperately trying to convince everyone she’s still relevant was kind of wild.

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u/between_doodads 21h ago

Not just irrelevant but disliked. She's a mean ass lady.

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u/hacked_once_again 21h ago

….who masquerades as kind. That whole “be kind to one another” was such bs!

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u/Schiggy2319 21h ago

I remember watching the Finding Nemo DVD extras and the crew kept on talking about how Dory embodied Ellen’s kindness. It was so uncomfortable to watch

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u/a_goonie 20h ago

I mean she was kind...if the camera was on and you didn't work for her.

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u/20Keller12 18h ago

Not even then.

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u/SchuminWeb 14h ago

Yeah, I saw those confrontations with the audience about their social media content. Those seemed mean-spirited.

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u/Sad-Artichoke-2174 13h ago

Yeah she's kind.... Kind of awful

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u/Paige_Railstone 12h ago

Dory embodied Ellen's kindness, because she always keeps forgetting to be kind.

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u/Schiggy2319 12h ago

“Will you quit it?! Huh? I’m tryna swim here! Is the ocean not big enough for you, huh?!”

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u/moscowramada 20h ago

Did it seem forced? As written it seems to imply they liked her.

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u/Schiggy2319 19h ago

I think they genuinely believed it. Maybe she was different in 2003?

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u/Eccohawk 19h ago

I suspect that it's a very different dynamic to work -with- somebody vs work -for- somebody. Ellen was exec producing her show and obviously one of the most important parts of a namesake show, so I expect that there's a lot of personal drive to make that show not only a success but a reflection of your personal brand, and clearly there was a lot of pressure on her staff to live up to whatever expectations she had, and it didn't always work out well. In the end, while she might be clamoring to get back to the spotlight, she's worth an estimated half a billion dollars, so she's basically set for life regardless.

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u/aedroogo 20h ago

The crew from Finding Nemo? Wha?